On November 10th John receives a letter from Mitzi Barnett with the “final” report of orders. She tells John that she has received an additional 24 orders and says to recover his printing costs he will need to sell 265 books.  But then comes some bad news:[f16-d23]

I promised you over the telephone that I would do my best to meet your deadline. Believe me, I did my best, but it was not enough. The printer ran into difficulties and fell behind [the] promised date on printing on the forty pages of index. I have the binder go ahead and make the casings for the books so that I may deliver as soon as possible. Believe me, I am doing my best for you. As for the delay’s affection sales, it will not, for there is no other book on he family available, and the book will be wanted just as much. I am just as anxious as you are for this book to be finished, as when I deliver the books, I am going to take a vacation – the first one for me in two years.

She then asks how John’s work on Volume II is coming along.

ARP Postcard[f16-d25]

On December 29th, 1969 John received a letter from A. B. Canning that he is no longer connected with American Reference Publishers as an executive office and thus he was “in no position really to be assistance to you.”[f16-d30]

Finally, the first ARP shipped the first set of books on January 1st 1970 Finally, the first ARP shipped the first set of books on January 1st 1970, nine months after John’s original requested date of publication.[f16-d28]

 

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